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The 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year prize was awarded to the Italian Fabio Cannavaro for the first time.[1] He finished ahead of retired midfielder Zinédine Zidane, who won the Golden Ball at the World Cup and the winner of the 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho in the final round of voting.
Men
| Rank | Player | Points | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fabio Cannavaro | 498 |  Real Madrid Juventus |
| 2 |  Zinedine Zidane | 454 | Real Madrid |
| 3 |  Ronaldinho | 380 | Barcelona |
| 4 | Thierry Henry | 317 |  Arsenal |
| 5 |  Samuel Eto'o | 300 | Barcelona |
| 6 |  Didier Drogba | 150 | Chelsea |
| 7 | Kaká | 139 | Milan |
| 8 | Gianluigi Buffon | 118 | Juventus |
| 9 | Andrea Pirlo | 86 | Milan |
| 10 |  Cristiano Ronaldo | 69 | Manchester United |
| 11 |  Michael Ballack | 53 | Chelsea Bayern Munich |
| 12 | Steven Gerrard | 48 | Liverpool |
| 13 | Miroslav Klose | 46 | Werder Bremen |
| 14 | Frank Lampard | 31 | Chelsea |
| 15 | Deco | 25 | Barcelona |
| 16 | Luís Figo | 20 | Internazionale |
| 17 |  Juan Román Riquelme | 16 | Villarreal |
| Franck Ribéry | 16 | Marseille | |
| Wayne Rooney | 16 | Manchester United | |
| 20 | Gennaro Gattuso | 15 | Milan |
| 21 |  Andriy Shevchenko | 14 | Chelsea Milan |
| 22 | Patrick Vieira | 13 | Internazionale Juventus |
 Michael Essien | 13 | Chelsea | |
| 24 |  Petr Čech | 11 | Chelsea |
| 25 | Alessandro Nesta | 9 | Milan |
| 26 | Lilian Thuram | 8 | Barcelona Juventus |
| 27 | Jens Lehmann | 6 | Arsenal |
| 28 | Philipp Lahm | 3 | Bayern Munich |
| 29 |  Rafael Márquez | 2 | Barcelona |
| Adriano | 2 | Internazionale | |
| 30 | Ricardo Quaresma | 1 | FC Porto |
Women
| Rank | Player | Club | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marta |  Umeå IK | 475 |
| 2 |  Kristine Lilly | 388 | |
| 3 | Renate Lingor | FFC Frankfurt | 305 |
| 4 | Abby Wambach | 182 | |
| 5 | Kelly Smith | Arsenal L.F.C. | 157 |
| 6 | Silke Rottenberg | FCR Duisburg FFC Frankfurt | 154 |
| 7 |  Han Duan | 116 | |
| 8 | Ma Xiaoxu | 99 | |
| 9 | Malin Moström | Umeå IK | 87 |
| 10 | Lotta Schelin | Göteborg FC | 82 |
| 11 |  Cynthia Uwak |  FC United | 81 |
| 12 |  Ri Kum-Suk | 4.25 SC | 64 |
| 13 |  Ingvild Stensland | Kolbotn | 54 |
| 14 | Laura Georges | 48 | |
| 15 |  Christine Sinclair | Vancouver Whitecaps | 39 |
| 16 | Mónica Ocampo | F.C. Indiana | 34 |
| 17 | Sandrine Soubeyrand | FCF Juvisy | 31 |
| 18 | Laura Kalmari | Djurgårdens IF | 24 |
| 19 |  Cheryl Salisbury | 12 | |
| 20 |  Cathrine Paaske Sørensen | Brøndby IF | 11 |
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